Store front



May 19, 1925 P. o. Kur-:HN

STORE FRQNT Filed Jam 29, 192,3

autumn Patented May 19, 1925.

l UNITED STATES iPAUL o. Konan, or sourir Bunn, rumana.

j sronn FRONT.

Application led January 29, 1923. Serial No. 6155562. f

To (all lzii/omit may animera:

. v Be it known that L PAUL. O. lxUinIN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Josephand State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful lnun'ovements in Store Fronts, ol which the following is a specification.

.lheinventiou relates to store fronts, and has for itsobject to provide a store front wherein a maximum number of display win- (lowsv are providedand the maximum amount efentranceathereby providing adequate display space. l f. Y

ist further object is toV provide a store entrance comprising display windows to the sdes of the ent-rance7 a central vestibule having' .display windows to its sides, an entrance door centrally of the vestibule and lentrance doors between the sides of the vestibule and the sides of the display \\'indows,thereby providing' three entrances to the store and y four display windows.

A further object is to provide doors whereby the inner end Vof the entrance through the vestibule may be closed, thereby a-llowing the vestibule to be Vused for display purposes. i

A further object isfto dispose the vestibule a substantial distance inwardly from the front of the store thereby providing an unobstructed approach tothe various entrances. f Y lVith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts las hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being' understood that change in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the `scope of whatris claimed without departing' from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing,:--V

Figure l is a. front elevation of liront. y

Figure is a horizontal sectionalv view through thestore fronttalen on line 2 2 of Figure l.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral l designates the entrance ,to the store 2, and 3 elongated display windows adjacent the side walls Il of the store. The display windows extend from the side walk 5 to the Yinner partition 6 at the inner end of the entrance l7 thereby providing display space in which goods may be ydisplayed,and which may be the store observed by a customer `enteringthe store through any of the entrances hereinafter set forth. Access may be had to the displayy windows' by openinglthe doors T 'at the inner ends thereof. which doors are car` `ried bythe partit-ion G.. Extending forwardly from the 'Viartition t? centrally thereof is a vestibule S, which vestibule extends into the entrance l a substantial distance; however it preferably terminates a substan tial distance from the sidewalk Stand is provided with an entrance door 9 through which customers may pass tluough' the interior l() ot' the vestibule into the store 2. The door 95s Vprovided witha glass Il whereby apers son entering` through the door may observe the interior 1G of the vestibule. lVheu it is desired to use the vestibule interior l0 for display purposes the doors l2 carried bythe Ystore, if the vestibule*chamber l() is being used for display purposes, they pass through `the branch passages la, between the display windows 3 and 13 to the doors le, and thence into the store 2. lt will be seen that as customers approachthe doors 14 they will pass between display windows and` may easily observe the goods on display7 and at the same time the plurality of entrances prevents crowding at doors and provides ready ingress and egress from the store. lt will be seen that when the vestibule entrance and the side entrances are in use, three entrances are provided to the store7 and the entrances and display windows are positioned whereby four display windows may be used, which is a decided advantage as it allows a inerchant to display a large quantity of goods in a minimum amount of space and at the saine time causes a customer entering the store to pass to the store between display windows, in which goods is on display.

The displaying of goods in the vestibule The i two doors let.

From the above it will be seen that a store front is provided wherein three separate entrances are provided, and a maximum display space. li: so desired the central entrance through the vestibule may be used and the side doors closed, or the side doors used and the Central entrance through the vestibule used for display purposes.

The invention having' been set forth what is claimed as new and usetul is l. "he combination with a vestibule entrance of a store frontJ said vestibule having` a passage therethrough and adoor at its outer end, of means for closing the inner end of the vestibule whereby the vestibule may be entirely closed and used as a display window.

2. The combination with a vestibule entrance of a store front having a passage therethrough, or' display windows carried by the sides of the vestibule, an entrance door at the outer end of the vestibule, and means carried by the inner end of the vestibule and forming means whereby the vestibule may be entirely closed and used as a display window.

3. The combination with a vestibule entrance of a store front having a passage therethrough, of display windows carried by the sides of the vestibule, an entrance door at the outer end of the vestibule, and doors forming,- a closure for the side display windows, said doors being` adapted when open to form a closure for the inner end of the vestibule, whereby the vestibule may be en tirely closed and its entire space used as a. display window.

4. A store 'liront comprising side display windows, a cent-rally disposed vestibule between the display windows and spaced therefrom, display windows carried by the sides of the vestibule, entrance doors between the vestibule display windows and the side windows and at the inner ends thereof, an entrance door at the outer end of the vestibule, and doors carried by the vestibule at its inner ends and 'forming means whereby the vestibule may be closed and used for display purposes.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

PAUL O. HUREN. 

